Pepermint Pinwheels Recipes

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder and set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar together in another large bowl. Add egg and beat until incorporated. Add the vanilla and peppermint extract. Gradually add the dry mixture, beating until combined. Remove half of the mixture from the bowl. Add food coloring, beating until fully combined. In waxed paper, roll out dough to form a large rectangle, about 1/4-inch thick. Repeat this step with the other half of uncolored dough with no food coloring. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Tear out 1 sheet of waxed or parchment paper. Sprinkle the surface of the paper with powdered sugar to prevent sticking. Very carefully, slide the red dough on top of the white dough. Trim edges if uneven and patch if necessary. Roll dough into a log, creating a swirl effect. Place the dough back in the refrigerator and let chill for 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Slice the dough into 1/2-inch slices and place on a parchment lined sheet tray about 1-inch apart. Place lollipop stick about 1-inch through the flat side of the dough. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
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Steps:

• 1. Sift together flour, and baking powder. Set aside.
• 2. Cream butter and sugar together in large bowl. Add egg and beat, until well combined.
• 3. Remove half of the mixture from the bowl. Add pink or your choice of food coloring and peppermint extract to 1/2, until fully combined.
• 4. The 2nd half of mixture, add vanilla extract and you may also add 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract to the white side (optional), until fully combined.
• 5. On Parchment Paper (wax paper)- roll out Colored (pink) dough to form a large rectangle with about 1/4-inch thick. Repeat this step with the uncolored (white) dough.
• 6. Refrigerate both rectangle sections separately for 1-1/2 hours.
• 7. Tear out 1 sheet of Parchment or waxed paper. Sprinkle the surface of the paper with powdered sugar to prevent sticking.
• 8. Very carefully, slide the Pink dough on top of the white dough. Trim edges, if uneven and patch, if necessary.
• 9. Roll dough into a log, creating a swirl effect and cover it with parchment paper or saran wrap.
• 10. Place dough back in the refrigerator for 1-1/2 hours and let chill.
• 11. Preheat Oven to 375 F. Slice the dough into 1/2 inch slices and place sprayed cookie sheet or parchment paper lined cookie sheet, about 1/2 inch apart from the next cookie.
• 12. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack.
• 13. BAKER'S NOTE: Sometimes, when I am very busy, I will lay the colored rectangle dough on top of white dough and roll it up, before refrigerating the dough for the first time. This way you can skip this first step. It will take some practice to get the dough lined up, since it will be quite soft to work with.

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and peppermint extracts and beat until combined. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour mixture, then increase the speed to medium high and beat until well combined.
• Divide the dough into 3 pieces. Return 1 piece to the bowl; beat in the red food coloring with the mixer until the color is fully incorporated. Beat the green food coloring into another piece of dough. Leave the last piece of dough plain. Place each piece of dough on a separate sheet of plastic wrap and pat into a 4-inch square. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Lightly flour 1 piece of dough; roll out between 2 sheets of parchment paper into a 9-by-12-inch rectangle. Repeat with the remaining dough. Refrigerate the dough rectangles until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Carefully remove the top piece of parchment from each piece of dough. Flip the plain dough on top of the red dough; remove the parchment. Flip the green dough on top of the plain dough; remove the parchment. Cut the stack in half crosswise. Roll up each half lengthwise into a tight log, using the parchment to help you. Transfer to a baking sheet, cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Trim the ends of each log; slice into 1/4-inch-thick rounds and divide between the prepared baking sheets. Sprinkle with coarse sugar. (If the dough is too soft to slice, refrigerate until firm, 15 to 30 minutes.) Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are just firm, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Divide dough in half; add peppermint extract and red food coloring to one portion of dough.
• On a work surface roll out each portion of dough between wax paper into a 16x10 inch rectangle.
• Remove wax paper.
• Place red rectangle over plain rectangle; roll up tightly jelly roll style starting with the long side.
• Wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate overnight or until firm.
• Unwrap dough and cut into 1/4 inch slices.
• Place 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheets.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes or until set.
• Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pan.

Steps:

• For the gingerbread dough, in a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and molasses. In another bowl, whisk flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and cloves; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half; shape each into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., For peppermint dough, in a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in peppermint candies. Divide dough in half; shape each into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., On a baking sheet, roll 1 portion of gingerbread dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper into a 10x8-in. rectangle. Roll 1 portion of peppermint dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper into a 10x8-in. rectangle. Remove top sheet of waxed paper; invert over gingerbread dough. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Remove waxed paper. Roll up tightly jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Wrap in waxed paper. Repeat with the remaining dough. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm., Preheat oven to 375°. Unwrap dough and cut crosswise into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.